Blog Index

Architecture and Built Environments

• Houses and Housers
• Fallingwater Tops Houser List
• Signs
• Farmhouse Gothic
• A Cliff Dwelling Morning
• Arcosanti, the Vision and the Reality
• Motoring by the Ho Hum Hotel
• Reading Historical Events in Windows
• Derelict Service Stations
• Brass Outlets
• Dream House
• Wind Hole, Wind Ho, Window
• My Cabin
• Undiminished and Evocative Buildings
• A Visual Bombardment at Harvey Allen
• Quonset Huts and Why They Evoke Nostalgia
  
• Black Tails and White Ties
  
• Walking Alleys in the Time of Covid
• The Connection Between Homelessness, Graffiti, Mental Illness—Observations on the Street
  
• When You Set Off on an Adventure
  

Artwork

• Portraits of Dog and I
• A Travelogue of Embarrassments and Disasters
• Landscapes
• Found in Nature, An Oil Slick
• Emoji Updates
• Begin Again
• Seeing Black
  
• A Dog on a Walk
  

Dear Dogs

        * Lizzie Baggins Took, a Literary Dog of Extraordinary Wit and Presence, Dies at the Age of Sixty

        * A Dog on A Walk

    

        

Fiction Stories and Poems

• Pup's Post from the Road
• Drive Up Teller and Drive By Appraisers
• Asinine Cellulars
• Lizzie's Nose-Texted Ode to Dogwoods

Genealogy

• Two Roads Diverged
• Reflections in the Windows
• Della's Diary
• Turned on a Dinner, The Tale of Five Forks
• Colorado Clouds
• Nebraska Impressions

Grief—Resilent

• Eight Steps for Mapping the Topography of Grief
• Three Years Passing
• Tree Fetish
• Empty
• Red Lines
• Lost and Found
• Send Photos. Fourth Year Passing
• Bless You Catastrophe of Stones
• Hwy 395. A Road for Remembering Those Who Have Passed Too Soon
• Lizzie Baggins Took, A Literary Dog of Extraordinary Wit and Presence Dies at 60 Years
• A Slow Loss. Inevitable. On the Passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
• Waiting for the Results of a Biopsy
  
• After Death, the Wake
  

Hometown Posts

• My Weeds
• Local Color
• Silence Behind You
• Walla Walla's Dance of Diversity
• Seduced by Work
• Speaking in Stones
• Need a Cold One?
• Ears on My Knees
• Mapping the Genomes from Jeans to Cows
• Frontier Day Photos
• Life from Scratch
• The Holy Coat and Gloves
• Snow Line
• My Bird Heroes
• 10,000 Clicks on the Blog
• Hot Cocoa Is My Starter Fuel
• Bike Racing Socks
• Company Coming
• Summer Jobs
• Joy Ride
• A Writer's AWOL
• A Beautiful Shade
• Company
• Undiminished and Evocative Buildings
• Merry Christmas in Mouse
• Finding the Rare One on an Audubon-sponsored Trip to the Blues
• Mudlarking Mill Creek
• Pandemic Canyon Photos
  
• Adding to a Life List of Wildflowers in the Blue Mountains
• Summer Photos in the Blues and Their Close Proximities
• Illusions
• Bears and Poop
  

Musings 

• Weaving and the "Trickle Down" Theory
• Lost and Found
• Traces and Legacies
• Rock, Paper, Scissors and Faith
• New Year's Eve
• Crime Scene
• Tree Fetish
• The Infinitely Dimensional Map
• Seduced by Work
• Speaking in Stones
• Empty
• Danger, Men at Work
• Cosmic Blessings
• Was Hairstyle the Predictor?
• Turning 65
• Reading Life in the Book Piles
• Humanizing Retirement
• New Year's Revolutions
• Weather Woman for the Moment
• Lessons from Crows and Ravens
• Mentons- Nineteen Year Procrastination
• An Ailment of the Heart
• Joy Ride
• Marriage- Hard and Beautiful
• Begin Again
• My Inheritance
• Alternative Viewpoints
• Balance
• Savoring Unfufilled Aspirations
• The Face of 2018
• Making Decisions by Atmospheric Condition and the Stage of the Moon
• Revitalizing Wetlands
• Naming My Dandelions
• Women Will Be Silenced No More
  
• Muddy Puddles and Other Views
  
• A Worry of Noes
  
• Portraits of Americans - With Our Lawnmowers
• Reflections on a Ukrainian Sky, Musings on War
  
• Who Walks Small Towns in America?
  
• Dummies, Mannequins, and Lay Figures
  
• Waiting for the Results of a Biopsy
  
• When You Set Off on an Adventure
  

People

• Ode to Sarah
• The Shawl of the Social Worker
• Spilling Paint and Bending Nails
• A Floor of Stories
• Three Years Passing
• Making Limes from Lemons
• Three Families Who Moved Away But Remained in the Heart
• Quilting and Kite Flying
• Slogging Mindfully with My Friend, Art
• Sisters
• My Bird Heroes
• Marriage- Hard and Beautiful
• They Will Remember the Carrots
• Privy to the Secrets of Fish, Ode to My Dad
  
• Waiting for the Results of a Biopsy
  

Photos 

• Catching Up With a Few Photos/Wisconsin & Boston
• Goodbye, Montreal, Goodbye
• Boston in Photos
• Landed in Plymouth
• On Back Roads in the Woods
• Postcards from the South
• Best Photos from the Land of Rock and Light
• Tourist Photos from Canyonlands
• Best Photos from Southern California
• How to Make Yourself at Home While Traveling
• One Sunset in Photos, Long Beach, Washington
• Frontier Day Photos
• Photos from the Wilds
• Slogging Mindfully
• Snow and Brain Health
• Vote. Choose One.
• Photos from the Yard: Flowers, Heron and Berries
• Island Warp
• San Juan Island Views
• Diversity Day 2015
• Magpies, Bees, and Saws
• The Curious and Most Curious Sightings in London
• The Most Favorite Photos of England (So Far)
• Building with Stones, Images, and Words
• Evidence
• Alternative Viewpoints
• Guilty of Admiring Jet Stream Skies
• Black and White People; No Comment
• A Visual Bombardment at Harvey Allen
• Study of a Big Chief Bottle and a Clutch of Peonies
• Finding the Rare One on an Audubon-Sponsored Fieldtrip
• London Through Fisheye Lens
• Close-up Views of the London Area
• Burningword Literary Journal - Winter Photos
• Yellowstone National Park in Black and White
• Photography is Writing with the Eye
• Adding to a LIfe List of Wildflowers in the Blue Mountains
• Pandemic Canyon Photos
• Seeing Photo Ops in a Macro World
  
• Winter Breathing on Fall—Photos
  
• Photos Not to Miss from an Adventure Across the Midwest and Back Across Canada, 2024
  

Raising Children

• Raising Joyful Boys
• Those Who Get To Play and Those Who Don't
• Casting Shadows
• Pie for Breakfast
• A Naturalist
• Found in Nature, An Oil Slick
• My Ten-Year Old House Guest
• "Add Water." - Light-hearted Parenting
• Canned Curriculum — On Underfunded Childcare
  

Recipes

• Life from Scratch
• Pie for Breakfast

Retirement—A Good One

• Humanizing Retirement
• Seduced by Work
• Turning 65
• Snow and Brain Health
• Work?
• I Sit
• 10,000 Clicks on the Blog
• How Heavy Is a Half-Hearted Endeavor?
  
• Radiating Positive Vibes—Appearance of a Retiree
• While Putting on Socks
• Awe
• Without Obligations—A Widow's Walk on the Town
  

Travels—New

• The Waitress at the Longbranch Cafe
• Expeditions and Preparations
• Frugal Indulgence Portland Style
• The Window Seat
• Where Is L.A.?
• Camping Gourmet Style
• Flat Out Dog Time on the Oregon Coast
• Island Warp
• San Juan Island Views
• Los Angeles Revisited Just in Time
• Signage
• The Curious and Most Curious Sighting in London
• Two Seasons of Cabin Life and Writing
• A Visual Bombardment of Harvey Allen
• London Through Fisheye Lenses
• Close-up Views of the London Area
• Napping and Walking During British Travels
• British Bodies of Water
• Rocks and Fossils
• Yellowstone National Park in Black and White
• Lunch at Les Schwabs
• Dead Slow Please Children
• On the Edge of Awe
  
• Images of a Coastal Trip Stored for Winter Browsing
  
• Can I Convince You to Vacation in the Midwest?
• Malhuer Country—Birding, Historical Structures, and Views
  
• When You Set Off on an Adventure
  
• Photos Not to Miss from an Adventure to the Midwest and Crossing Back Across Canada, 2024
  
• A Dog on a Walk
  

 Travel/USA and Canada (Seven months, 2013-2014)

• Startled
• Tire Store Heroes
• Mother Map
• Perfect
• Portrait of Dog and I
• Ocean to Ocean
• Fueled by Coffee and Desolation
• Cowboys and Indians and O'Keeffe
• Twenty-Four Hours/Mt. Rushmore Area
• Carhenge
• Nebraska Impressions
• Mark Twain and the Edge of a Storm
• Chicago/Dresses Well in White
• Appaloosa
• Rock, Paper and Scissors and Faith
• Chicago Museums
• Catching Up with a Few Northeast Photos
• A Mechanical Failure From Which a Moon Rose
• First Day in Montreal
• A Turtle Without Borders
• 10,000 Steps a Day
• A Sunny December 24th Day
• Bouncer on Boxing Day
• Ending the Year the with Art and Music
• New Year's Eve
• Parks
• Lost and Found
• Escalators and Stairs
• STOP!
• Around the Edges
• Changed
• Goodbye, Montreal, Goodbye
• Cul-de-Sac
• The Drawing Room
• Arvard
• Boston in Photos
• Morning Sounds and Good Paella
• Landed in Plymouth
• Knights
• Swan Song for Boston
• New York, First Twenty-four Hours
• The Grand Welcome at Ellis Island
• The Lady Likes Dogs
• The Rim Shop
• Final Post for New York
• Work, Barns in the Midwest
• Two Roads Diverged
• Fallingwater Tops Houser List
• Signs
• Reflections in the Windows
• Farmhouse Gothic
• Shifting Landscapes
• Arkansas History
• Colorado Clouds
• Not Slacking
• Traces and Legacies
• Petroglyphs, Pictographs and Shadows
• A Cliff Dwelling Morning
• Arcosanti, the Vision and the Reality
• You Know When You Are in Tucson
• A Morning Breeze
• The Vagaries of Travel
• Making Limes from Lemons
• Malibu
• Pup's Post from the Road
• Motoring by Ho Hum Motel
• A Floor of Stories from Reno
• A Tree Fetish
• Quilting and Kite Flying
• A Travelogue of Embarrassments and Disasters
• The Infinitely Dimensional Map
• Landscapes

Writing

     *  Building with Stones, Images, and Writing

     *  On Where I Sit and Write
     *  Dead Slow Please Children